"Six Realms..."
A flash gleamed in Su Shi'er's eyes.
Before he could observe further, an immense force suddenly shoved him from behind.
The next instant,
Su Shi'er's body went out of his control as the force of the ancient path hurled him straight out through the spatial rift.
And at the very instant his figure departed,
A faint, murky wisp of aura clung tightly to the edge of the spatial rift before vanishing in a flash as well.
The spatial rift immediately closed.
The vast river of stars returned to calm.
Everything seemed as though it had never happened.
Cultivation World, Far-North Bell Mountain Forbidden Region.
Within the boundless darkness that never saw daylight year-round, an ancient mountain glowing crimson from end to end stood silently.
No one knew how high the mountain rose.
Its peak could not be seen above, nor could its foot be glimpsed below.
Only enormous black chains, each as thick as mountains, pierced through the mountain and stretched deep into the darkness.
Dense runes flickered in and out of sight across the chains' surfaces.
Every rune emanated an enigmatic aura far surpassing the limits of power in the Cultivation World.
For countless tens of thousands of years,
This place had remained utterly silent.
But at the instant the spatial ancient path of Heaven Beyond Heaven connected to the Cultivation World,
Deep within the crimson ancient mountain,
An aura that had long lain dormant for who knew how many ages suddenly stirred with the faintest ripple.
"Boom!"
A muffled sound emerged from deep inside the mountain.
It was not loud.
Yet the instant it rang out, the countless chains winding around the ancient mountain all trembled lightly at once.
Thousands upon thousands of runes lit up in succession across the chains.
Dazzling radiance intertwined, forming an